lost private key password

[Patrick Plattes]

Realos wrote:

>hello,
>
>I have found an old pair of private and public keys but unfortunaltely
>do no remember the corresponding password. Public key is places on key
>servers, thus I would like to have access to it's password again.
>
>What would you suggest in this case? A brute force attack with some
>software if I know part of the password? What tool is suitable for that?
>  
>
Maybe you want to revoke the Key :)

Have a nice day,
 Patrick